VANCOUVER CLASSICAL GUITAR FESTIVAL
CONCERTS
CONCERTS
Watching professionals perform live is one of the best inspirational activities for any guitar player and this is an opportunity for participants to sit back and enjoy a night of great music
VCGFest Opening Concert:
Friday, August 18 at 7 pm
Luis Angel Medina
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Cuatro Piezas para Guitarra by Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948)
I. Mazurka
II. Vals
III. Trópico
IV. Rumba
Alec Pearson
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Prelude in f minor by Alec Pearson (b. 1989)
Prelude in c# minor
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Luis Angel Medina & Alec Pearson
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Suite Montebello (Duo) by Julio César Oliva (b. 1947)
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Jorge Caballero
Fantasía Sevillana by Joaquín Turina (1882 – 1949)
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Rossiniana No. 5, Op. 123 by Mauro Giuliani (1781 – 1829)
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Sonata in B minor, S. 178 * by Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Lento Assai - Allegro Energico - Grandioso -
Recitativo - Andante Sostenuto - Quasi Adagio -
Allegro Energico - Piú Mosso - Stretta Quasi
Presto - Presto - Prestissimo - Andante Sostenuto -
Allegro Moderato - Lento Assai.
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* Arranged by Jorge Caballero
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VCGFest 2023
Saturday, August 19 at 7:00 pm
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Simon Farintosh
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Distant Light by Simon Farintosh (b. 1995)
Black Dog (Eulogy for Ace)
Apparitions
Anna Pietrzak
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Cavatina (1950) by Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)
Preludio
Sarabande
Scherzino
Barcarole
Danza Pomposa
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Michael Kolk
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Suite Valenciana by Vicente Asencio (1908-1979)
I. Preludi
II. Cançoneta
III. Dansa
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Sonata No. 1 by Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
I. Allegro deciso e molto ritmico
II. Andante
III. Allegro spiritoso
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Michael Kolk, with Anna Pietrzak
Zita by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
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VCGFest Participants’ Closing Concert
Sunday, August 20 at 2:00 pm
Deer Lake Gallery
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VCGFest 2023 Guitar Orchestra
Flower Power Suite - Festival by Annette Kruisbrink
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2 Mélodies Yiddish by Anonymus, arr. Laurent Méneret
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Owen Brundige
Eterna Saudade by Dilermando Reis
​Victoria Lukashova
Etude no. 11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Jason Park
Julia Florida by Agustin Barrios
Gloria Yan
Partita BWV 1002 Sarabande by J.S. Bach, arr. Norbert Kraft
Paul Quesne
Preludio Triston by Maximo Diego Pujol
Vilio Celli
Sueño (Mazurka) by Francisco Tarrega
Justin Zhou
Fantasia No. 1 by Simone Molinaro (ca. 1570-after 1633), ed. Gilbert Biberian
Francis Lumibao
Castillos de España by Federico Moreno-Torroba
Manzanares del Real
Montemayor
Carson Froelich
California Suite by J.M. Gallardo del Rey
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